This is the type of report that you will need if you are ‘unsure’ either of your held contentions or if you are uncertain as to whether a problem exists at all. These reports are colloquially referred to as ‘Heads Up’ reports because they are intended to provide a heads-up perspective or a reality check on a potential issue. They can be used to gauge the probability of success in an action and indeed this form of report is regularly provided to legal expenses insurers in order that they can gauge whether cover is available or relevant to the householder. The advisory report is best suited to clients who are unaware of their legal footing and require advice as to whether their held beliefs have merit.
Advisory reports run to between six and eighteen pages of written advice and sufficient plans to explain the Expert reasoning. They are not formatted into distinct sections and they do not normally append the documentary evidence supplied by the client to the Expert. They do not normally attach the site photographs taken by the Expert unless there is a point which is difficult to explain without reference to a photograph.
Although the production of an advisory report does not include the obligation to sign a statement of truth, the professional constraints under which such a report is produced ensures that the opinion given must be the Expert’s honestly held impartial and un-biased opinion. To that end, each advisory report makes clear that the opinion expressed within is the honestly held impartial opinion of the Expert and that if required that opinion would be repeated in a Part 35 Compliant Report.
It typically takes less than a week to produce an advisory report.
What’s Included In This Report:
- The Expert’s methodology
- Expert Plans
- The Expert’s independent reasoning
- Summary of conclusions
Date: 11/04/2023